Working in partnership with the East Carolina University (ECU) College of Education and the UCEA Center for Educational Leadership and Social Justice at Duquesne University, IEL successfully launched our first summer institute on July 20-24, 2015 at ECU in Greenville, NC. Unlike a major conference, the four-day summer learning exchange “Breathing Joy and Justice into School and Community Leadership” was designed to be a relatively small (100-125 participants), intensive experience for participating teams including school leaders, district administrators, coaches, nonprofit partners, teacher leaders, parents, student, and community partners. READ MORE…